Post on 27-Dec-2015
A Comprehensive Science Resource
Includes information on • Botany• Zoology• Biology• Physics• Chemistry• Environment• Astronomy• Medicine• Health• Earth Sciences• Mathematics• Technology
ScienceSource Collection includes…
• Biology Digest (1987--->)
• Physical Sciences Digest (1996--->)
• Plexus Encyclopedia
• Biographies of Scientists
• Articles on current science/health issues
Articles
• Make scientific and medical data easily understood and usable
• Based on material in science and medical publications
• Retain important concepts from original source
• Written by subject specialists
Plexus Encyclopedia of Medicine, Science & Technology
• Background information on– Diseases-Appendicitis, Multiple Sclerosis
– Environment-Solar Wind, Sunspots
– Mammals-Bats, Platypus
– Physics-Friction, Motion, Nuclear Fusion
• “backgrounder” in the title for identification
Biographies of Scientists
• Biographical and historical information– 580BC (Pythagoras) forward
• 200 entries– Astronomers (Galileo-1564)– Botanists (Linnaeus-1707)– Chemists (Curie-1867)– Geneticists (Mendel-1822)– Mathematicians (Fibonacci-1170)– Physicists (Newton-1642)
• “backgrounder” in the title for identification
Basic Search Screen
•Type in a search term
•Sort results
•Identify time period
•Search by Lexile/Reading level
•Limit to portion of product
•Select a science area
•Click on a set topic
More Search Options Screen
For more precise results
•Combine search terms with and, or, but, nor
•Search by Headline/Title
•Find backgrounder information by typing this word and your search term in the headline/title field